Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-05

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 make request that ngcnts secure
 houses for people who live n Indisnn,
 Illinois and Ohio. This arises from the
 fact that people Csst CTS not informed ID the land lGws, and lhInk thst all that IS
 necessary in taking claims IS for the
 papers to be filed by sn agent, and then
 they can pay out on the land the same Gs though the purchase was from private individuals.
 Any person except soldiers and sol diers heirs must make affidavit that they are acquainted with the land they are entering, and also make affidavit that to she best of their knowledge there IS no mineral on the same.
 TEMPTATIONS.
 bection 176 says that every person being the head of family, widow. or single person over the age of tventy-one and citizen ot the United States, or having nlec a declaration of intention Co become such, ss required by the natural iEatiOn laws. who has made or hereafter makes SETTLEMENT IN PERSON on the public lands subject to pre-emptiOn, and who inhaoits and improves She same and who has erected dwelling thereon k authorized to enter with the register oi the United States land Offico for the dis ,rict ID which the land hes, by legal sub division aay number of acre5 not eZ- ceed!DG cue hundred and sixty acres or B quarter section of land to include tho residence of such claimant upon paJiug the United States minimum Prioe of sach land. No person who ia the Ero- ptietor oi three hundred aud twenty acres can Pre-em2t laDd. So person who quit3 or B5suCous EIs own land ic reside CD Pabllo land 10 lhe same stale CT territory can pre-emDs. PersCns can however, take homestcads sud tInber elGins whether be has tie three hundred and twenty acres or not; neither does the law prohibit his taking e homestead when ne has leis Q residence On hIs OWL ls0d. The above only refers to pre- enpiions.
 The first requirement. in tokiDR pre- enption Is t0 select She quarter section | desired, and ascertG!n from She Land ] Office record that It B vacant and sub | ject 10 entry. He must theu rNke some | improvements Not stick Gp stakes, | but make some substantial improve usenis. and then within ninety days file | sdeclhrat0Ty statement for the lend in | tas lOcel lend office. the fees for winch | are three dollars. B residence must be | on the land when the inprov- meIts are first begun, aud continuous residence IS obligatory.
 After a cOntiDous residence upCn a for s.1 months settlement can De proven aId the government prlce teiug paid. thers vi.l be Casl receipt issued to the pre-eUlp;cr; SU, I1 case si.asr does not desire Co make final proof 6t the cad of six months, he has tlnf,y three rontEs from tse time he En3e Esttisncat.
 HoMEsTEAD
 Ealries must be made n person, ususliy before she Register ol the local Land Office snG She entry lees are sixteen dollars. The reguIT, menus oi the homs- stead law are about the sGLEo us those ot Sue pre-eUpt:3u, eIceps that reaidelce can be established within SIX n nJntEs sf;er making fiilg; but hOuesteads are subject tc contests II settlers fhil Co get on the land inside of eiE months siGer 5Etry. HoTlezteads may be proved up ip SIT mouths aud paid out on, tne same as yFe-eIn D.iCaa. but can Os proved up in SIX years without pCy ing. in making fiu sl proof the settler will be required To sMe the number Oi times be or She has beer absent from the claim, where weni, sLd for what they went, and are 1cesiioned regarding the amount of iu- prowments they have. If ID ths judgment of tbs Register and Receiver the law has not 5eeu complied with they will not is que a final receipt.
 TIMBER CLAIMS
 Do got require a residence. Timber claims must be entered by personal Rp- plicasion sworn to within the land dis trict where the land IS situated, before some officer having seal and author ised io administer oath. Claimant must have five acres broken the first year, the second year must have five acres broken and culatIvate the first breaking. the third year mus, put trees, seeds or cuttings in the first five acres and oulti- yste the second five; the fourth year urst set out the second five acres in trees, tree seed, or tree cuttings. It ID sight years there are siI thousand seven lUni.ed and fifty growing trees on the .rsct. claimant can make final proof and ;ecure q patent. GovernmeuS lees in timber culture claims are fourteen dol srs for entry and ten dollars for final oFoo.,
 AII duties required by the timber cul- ure laws may be done by others except he entry and final proof; nor is he or .he reGuired to reside pear tha land but { EiIl alwgys be expected to comply with , he law m regard tO improvements
 There is no fixed amount of improve nents required ip hOmestest or pre- ,Hplion law, residence and cultivation D good faith as s home and & isTm to he .laIraants best ability is held to be he requirement. O! the law.
 SOLDIERS HoMEsTEADs.
 soldiers who served ID the United States army for ninety days and were ,ororably discharged and have lived oval to the government can file declsr- ,tory statements on one hundred and ,i1ty acres O. vacant land, by an ,sent through the power of attorney m . form prescribed by law. This power .nn be executed before notary public anywhere in the United States, snd .en, 10 some reliable agent who will se- rot the quarter section of land and file ,n i, for the soldier. This filing wIll hold the land for six months without the residence of claimant. A he end of six months the solder must oegn a residence snd make another [ ilinz, called the finl entry, at which ime he pays fee the same as in home ,tead oases. Soldiers are compelled to i've at least one year on their claims. put they csn deduct their service as & oldicr from the fvb years required by be common homestead and thus get their patent in shorter time than he who has not served his country Rs soldier. soldiers widows are entitled Co use the deceased husbands service while ID the gar, to assist her in proving up claim, md II the widow is desd. then one of he minor hcirs can use the right; but lt aust be done through the guardian ot he child. Widows and orphans ot SOL iicrs will not be required to cultivate he land or to personally do the work ,at can cause the same 10 be done by 1 ,shers capable tO do practical farming. bod faith and cultivation to the best of he ability oio!simspt is ail tbG: The law equiTes. IT,
 ihe above will show those Tn the east yho do not understand the lar govern
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